Nebraska Newspapers

    THE UEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1D22.
Mrs. Brown Denies
Mercenary Motiv
m bint for Divorc
e
e
'Judge Not,' Quotei Counsel
for PaMor'i Wife In Reply
to Stuntz Staff
incut. lii.licp Ifomcr Stunts' entry in
la the llroun divorce uit lilt stung
Mrs. Irene Loonns Brown, the Meth
odist inmisier'a wiie, into the tint
formal statement she ha issued since
she sued Kev. Edsar Merrill Brown
fur divorce a month ago.
The atatment, made through her
attorney, Clinton Urome, censures
ihe Method!! official for arraying
hi powerful influrnce aitaintt her.
She declares the bishop's state
merit issued Monday is "unfair and
unjust."
No Answer Filed.
She denies that she avoided a
meeting with him in Des Moines;
that she desired to escape Ihe ob
(Rations of a minister' wife or that
. she was actuated by mercenary mo
tivesall of which, she say, the
bishop asserted.
A iitetime oi church work in
Omaha is offered as proof that her
mends cannot he muled by any
such statements, even though they
emanate from Bishop Stunlz, the
statement sets forth.
eterday was the hut day Rev.
Mr. brown has in which to make an
answer to his wife's petition, chars:
iiior cruelty. At 2. no reolv had been
tiled in the office of the clerk of the
court.
The Statement.
"Yesterday's statement by Bishop
Stiintjt, branding Mrs. EdRar Mer
rill Brown as one actuated by mer
, cenary motives and a desire to es
cape the obligations of a minis
ter's wife in connection with her
suit for divorce, now pending, will
nave no ettect here upon those
who have known Mrs. Brown
since childhood, nor do I believe
it will have any effect with those
persons who have been familiar
with her work in church circles iu
Omaha. "
"Mrs. Brown was born and
reared in Omaha, has lived here
all of her life, has been educated
iu the Omaha public schools and
has been closely identified with
church work in this city ever since
her childhood.
"AH those who have known her
and come in contact with her,
know that Mrs. Brown is excep
tionally devoted to church work,
to which she has given a large
part of her time, both before and
after her marriage to Mr. Brown.
Not to Be Misled.
"No one who has had an oppor
tunity to observe her life and her
work in Omaha will be misled by
the suggestion that her action in
suing for divorce was the result of
a lack of sympal .y with her hus
band's work as a minister or be
cause of a bequest left to her by
her grandmother, but inasmuch as
the statement issued" by "Bishop
Stuntz is an alleged statement of
fact and that it was issued by a
fitted person to brand tier, n po
sible.Xbefore the public as a wom
an utterly unmindful of her re
sponsibilities as a wife, I desire,
on Mrs. Brown's behalf, to state a
few facts regarding Bishop Stuntz
activity in this proceeding rrior to
the issuance of his statement.
"In the third paragraph of the
statement issued by the bishop he
says that he has personally made
every effort by correspondence
and by " attempts to ' see Mrs.
Brown at her brother's home n
Des Moines to bring about a re
conciliation, but that for some rea
son he was unable so to do.
No One at Home.
"The facts are that on January
25 Bishop Stuntz communicated
with Mrs. Brown by letter, and
within a few days thereafter was
himself in Des Moines, and at that
time called at her brother's house,
where she was then staying." '
"None of the members of the
family happened to be home at that
time. '," , ,
"Inasmuch as Mrs. Brown had
no knowledge that Bishop Stuntz
was in Ihe city, there is no merit
contained in the bishop's intimation
that she deliberately sought to
avoid an interview.
"Not finding anyone at home,
Bishop Stuntz then left his card at
a neighbor's house, but left no in
formation as to where he might be
found.
"When the card was delivered
to Mrs. Brown, upon her return to
her brother's home in the evening,
she communicated the fact to her
brother, Walter T. Loomis, who
immediately called by telephone to
the two leadm hotels in Des.
Moines in an effort to locate the
bishop, and found that he was not
registered at either of these hotels.
Calls Pastor's Home.
"He then called up the home of
Rev. Mr. Stotts, pastor of the
Methodist church, and was in-
formed that Rev. 'Mr. Stotts was
attending a conference at the
church. .
"He then got in communication
with the church by telephone, and
was advised by some person who
answered the phone that Bishop
Stuntz had left Des Moines that
evening for Oskaloosa.
"No further attempt was made
by Bishop Stuntz to communicate
with Mrs. Brown. -
"Mrs. Brown then wrote a letter
to the bishop, which letter was
dated January 27, and was in an
swer to his letter of January 25.
, Letter Was Forwarded.
"This letter was forwarded to
me, and I personally delivered it to
the bishop's secretary at his of
fice in Omaha, being informed by
the secretary that Bishop Stuntz
was absent from the city and
would not return for at least two
weeks, whereupon I requested the
secretary to forward the letter to
the bishop.
"There can be no serious doubt
but that he received the letter
prior to issuing the statement.
"The suggestion that one of the
causes for Mrs. Brown's action
was a crowing lack of syirtDathv
"Doughboy" With Bayonet
Still Basic Unit in Battle
Questionnaire Reveals Large Majority of Officers
Jtegard Aircraft, Tanks, Bombs and Other War
Machines as Valuable Auxiliaries to In
fantry Forces in Conflict.
fr Tb AkUi4 I'm.
Washington, Feb. 14. The
douuhboy" with a bayonet still is
the "basic combatant" unit in battle.
in the virtually unanimous judgment
oi me American arn.y, omcuiiy ten
dered in cold postwar analysis. Air
rratt, tanks, homhi, machine (tuns,
cannon, merely are valuable auxil
iaries for ihe infantry "man iu the
bulk" armed with rifle and bayonet
and each foot soldier armored only
by his "own agility and a tcel
helmet.
"Battle is normally determined by
physical encounter with the bayonet
or the fear thereof," the official con-
cluMoti oi the army nude public yes
terday asserts. It is bated on answrr.
to a widespread "questionnaire" sent
recently through the War depart
ment bureau and out through corns
and divisional areas, even down to
the commanders of regiments, to lay
the ground work for "the doctrines
of tactics and of training" on which
postwar building of the army shall
proceed.
The answers were unmistakable
There has been no change soldier
who fought in France believe in the
ase-old gospel of "cold steel" in war.
A it was with Cromwell's grim host
bidding for victory "with push ol
pike," with Napoleon' old guard
that "die but never sunendert.1
with Ticket' "flower c( the south"
t Uettysburr, to it was ith 1'er
thing "buddie." In France. Cold
steel w the ultimate arbiter of
battle.
. ine conclusion ioiiow 'an ex
haustive study of the influence that
modern scientific development will
nave upon ine tecnnique oi wariare,
especially with regard to aviation,
motor transport and tank. Chief
of all combat branches had their say
on the questionnaire, designed to
bring out the best present military
thought," both on basic principle
ana a to cnanget in ngntmg teen
ninue necessitated bv new weapons.
The department' statement admits
that the latter (tiae wa expected
Id thow "that specialists of any kind,
particularly in newly discovered
agencies, will, in their enthusiasm,
make claim for their specialties1 not
safely to be accepted except after the
proof, either of the result of war or
of special test under simulated war
condition.
The expectation was realized and
as the research work goet on. tests
will be made to solve debatable
questions. Among these is that ot
"the comparative value ot bomoing
plane and fixed heavy guns in tea
coast defenses." .
with her husband's work is utter
ly without foundation.
"Iter sympathy with that work
and her desire that it shall not be
hampered or interfered with has
caused her to remain silent, in the
. face of a publicity campaign, hav
ing for it purpose establishing
Mr. Brown before the bar of pub
lic opinion as the victim of a heed
less, thoughtless and mercenary
wife.
Suffers in Silence.
"In order to make that cam
paign effective and complete, it
has been deemed necessary to have
the bishop issue a formal state
ment to the public, pronouncing
his judgment upon Mrs. Brows.
"The concrete charges have
been formulated and incorporated
in a formidable statement of facts
and hurled at her over the signa
ture of the bishop.
"Having suffered in silence and
submitted for three long years, in
order to further the work in which
her heart was centered, she must
now be completely crushed and
branded before the bar of public
opinion, in order to make the work
complete.
"Fortunately tor Mrs. Brown.
her standing before the public is
based, not upon words but upon
deeds.
"It is built up upon the founda
tion of a life work in this com
munity, on behalf of the things
that count.
Quotes Scripture.
"I venture the humble assertion
(hat she cannot be destroyed even
by such a powerful influence as
Bisliop Stuntz. The unfairness
and injustice of the statement must
be apparent to all fair-minded men.
"While ordinarily a layman is at
a disadvantage in quoting scrip
ture to a member, of the cloth, I
cannot but feel that the scriptural
injuction: 'Judge not, that ye be
not judged,' has some application
in this situation.
"Mrs. Brown has submitted her
cause, to the district court of
Douglas county. The justice and
right of that cause must be de
termined there, in accordance with
the law of the state of her birth.
There is no reason to suppose that
the judgment of that court will not
be Kair and just and in accordance
with the . law and the evidence.
The issuance of the bishop's decree
was not at all necessary, and in
the writer's opinion, based upon
his knowledge of the facts in this
case, was entirely unjust and unfair."
Cattle Fattened on Grass
Net Shipper Good Profit
Thomas Crowe of Lynch brought
In yesterday one of the heaviest
droves of steers brought to the local
market this season. There were 57
cattle in the consignment that aver
aged over 1,450 pounds for which he
got $7.65 a hundred, and 80 head of
the shipment averaged 1,701 pounds
nd sold for $7.50 a hundred.
Mr. Crowe said he bought the cat
tle, here about a vear ago as feeders,
They cost him at the time from $6
to $9 a hundred, and had made a
wonderful gam which netted him a
ine profit. Ihe animals were most
ly fattened on grass and hay.
Oldest Odd Fellow Dies;
Member of North Loup Lodge
Yuba City, Cal., Feb. 14. Johiia-
than Britt. 92. the oldest member
of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows m the United States, in both
age and membership, according to
local records, and a member of North
Loup lodge No. 412, in, North Loup,
Neb., for more than 72 years, died
today at the home of his daughter
near here. Britt was born in Penn
sylvania and had been a resident of
Sutter county, California, for 20
vears.
Three Candidates for State
Offices File for Nomination
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Three candidates for state
offices filed nomination papers today.
They are: M. O. McGowan, Nor
folk, republican, state senator from
the Eleventh district; J. Matzen,
state superintendent, candidate for
re-election, and Charles W. Taylor,
candidate for state superintendent
Under the law candidates for state
superintendent are on a nonpartisan
ticket. .
Military Court
Asks Governor to
Uphold Decrees
National Guard Last Resort
of Lawful Element at Ne
braska City, County At
torney Says.
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special.)
George Heinkc, county attorney at
Nebraska City, and Maj. Earl Cline
of the Nebraska National Guard
pleaded with Governor McKelvie to
day to sustain the sentence imposed
hv a court-martial on six men in
connection with the packing house
strike in Nebraska City.
"Everv arm of the law was broken
down and the national gard was the
last resort of the lawful element,"
said Heinke. "We lived through a
reign of terror for nine weeks. I
saw men beaten and left lying on
the street. I saw 200 men inarch into
the corridors of the court house and
demand the release of prisoners. The
action of the national guard and the
governor in these cases should be an
object lesson to the rest of the state."
Andrew Moran, attorney for the
labor unions, declared that "the ar
rival of the military and its action
had a salutary effect on the people.
I wish to compliment the officers on
their conduct. However,, in most
cases the maximum penalty was in
voked. which was too severe."
The governor took ihe cases under
advisement.
Official Shows
Where Money of
Taxpayer Goes
Out of Kvrry $100, State GrU
112.03, County $10.37,
City $23.48 urn!
Srhooli $18.18.
Townley to Be at Meeting
of N. B. League at Lincoln
Lincoln. Feb. 14. (Special.) A.
P. Townley, father of the Nonparti
san league, will attend the annual
meeting of the Nebraska league in
Lincoln. February 22, it was an
nounced by Jesse R. Johnson, Ne
braska manager, who will tender his
resignation at the annual meeting.
Fugitive From Reform ,
School Is Captured
Kearnev. Neb., Feb. 14. (Special.)
Charles Curtis, boy who escaped
from the State Industrial school tn
day, after he beat a guard into un
consciousness with a shovel and at
tacked two other inmates who came
to the officer s rescue, was captured
on an island south of Gibbon. His
feet were frozen and he has been
transferred to the school hospital.
Joe Lankston, who escaped with
Curtis, is also in the hospital, having
been shot in the arm by the Gibbon
village marshal when he failed to
come to a halt upon order. Mr.
Clark, superintendent of the institu
tion, characterizes the escape as the
most brutal which has ever been
undertaken at the school. Guard
McClellan is still in a serious condi
tion from wounds . inflicted by the
boy.
Roxana Oil Interests Take.
Over Oklahoma Properties
' Tulsa, Okl., Feb. 14. The Rox
ana Petroleum corporation, operat
ing name for the 'New Shell Union
Oil corporation, just formed between
the Dutch Shell and the Union Cor
poration of Deleware, today took ac
tive charge of the Oklahoma proper
ties of the National Exploration cor
poration and the Eddystone Oil cor
poration. f
J. W. Bates, general field superin
tendent for the Roxana and head of
the company's offices here, became
active head of the new organization
The appraised value of the proper
ties taken over by the Roxana inter
ests, it was learned, amounts to sev
eral millions.
Store and Pool Hall at
Cedar Bluffs Are Robbed
Fremont, Neb., Feb. -4. (Special.)
Burglars ransacked the Lockncr
hardware store and the Keeper pool
hall at Cedar Bluffs of goods valued
at $100. Entrance was gained to the
hardware store through a basement
window. A quantity of knives,
flashlights and other merchandise
valued at about $50 were stolen. A
rear window was forced at the pool
hall. Cigars and cigarets made up
the loot taken.
Burlington Gets Contract
to Haul Capitol Material
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) A contract has been award
ed to the Burlington railway to haul
materials for the new $5,000,000
state house from railroad tracks to
the capitol grounds, necessitating a
spur track through the residence
district. The commission has filed
a request for a permit from the city
council and a number of property
owners have filed objections. '
Prison Factory to Open
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special.) The
penitentiary shirt factory will open
Wednesday, it was announced by i
DeDutv Warden D. W. Kavanaugh
Lincoln, Neb,. Feb. 14. (Special.)
I'lnl F. Brott, secretary ol finance,
nas taken siuu paid in taxes by a
Lincoln ciiien and ha shown the
various divisions of government into
which every cent ol the $100 went in
IV.' I.
The report how the state receiv
ed Ji.OJ: county, JUIJ7: sanitary
district, $J.fc4; city, J25.4S; school.
kapenset entering into the variou
governmental divisions making such
expenditure of the $100 necessary
also are shown in the Bros state
ment. They follow;
Stat Get $12.03.
Slate: Legislature, 21 cent;
court. 40 rent; constitutional ofli
cers, J8 cent; code departments, 66
cents; military, 9 cent; relief ol cx-
soldier. $1.00; miscrllaneou board
ind commissions, 4 cents; aid to
schools, 28 cent: university, $2.22:
normal school. 7i cents: penal and
charitable institutions. $2.27; road.
bridge and paving construction,
$1.7J; eradication of animal diseases.
17 cents: capitol fund, Jl.PV: total.
$I2.0J.
Sanitary district: Administration,
25 cents; outlet sewer and rip-rap, 33
cents; sanitary district fund, $3.00;
total, ?J.M.
County: Courts, 79 cents; care ol
needy. $1-05; agricultural societies
and farm bureaus, 20 cents; assessor
and deputies, 52 cents; county en
cineer. 65 cents: county othcers.
$1.77; repair and maintenance of
buildings, 59 cents; road equipment.
52 .cents; miscellaneous, 40 cents;
bridge levy, $2.92; road levy, 72
cents; soldiers' relief, 18 cents; total,
$10.37.
City and Schools.
Citv: General. 10 cents: salaries,
$3.57; lighting. $1.78; fire. $5.86; po
lire. $2.29; libraries, $1.02: sewers,
26 cents; paving repairs, 53 cents;
citv orooertv. 76 cents: interest in
eounoiis. 12 cents: street and bridges
$2.04; parks, $3.07; judgments and
legal, 76 cents; sinking fund, $2.55;
total, $25.48. .
Citv schools: Building tuna, iJ.ov;
general control, $2.57; instructional
salaries, $27.50; istructional supplies,
77 cents; text books, 4a cents; print
ing, 14 cents; operation, $4.37; main
tenance, $1.31; miscellaneous, $1.67;
deficit, $6.31; total, $48.48.
Rushvillc Judge lo
Rim for Supreme Bar
O'Neill, Neb,. Feb, ,4-(Sieciil)
Humor Out Supreme Justice
James R. Dun would have p;psi.
lion in hi candidacy (r rrtuin to
the high ench have imome a rer
tainty with the announcement ol
Judge W. II.' Vftoier of Kuhvil!f,
presiding judge ol the NMeeitth ju
dicial district, that he would be I
candidate. The announcement come
in the form ol a rrfuwl to be a can
didate fr the democratic nomination
(or congress (rout the Sixth dotrict
hich aU comprise the Sixth ou
preme judicial dittrict.
rrttfitin. r imitated without the
know ledge ol Judge Vetovrr. to
Place In name upon the nmary bal
lt for emigres, have been atlu.it in
the large town along the Burlington
for teveral weeks. Announcement
that lie wa not a candidate for con-
are was nude by J mine Weiov r
while holding court at aU-ntine. lie
declare that he harbors no dexiie for
a seat in congres but that he doe
deilre a portion on the supreme
bench.
Kinkaid Traces
Vet's $2,000 Claim
Campti on Trail of Compensa
tion Due ScotuMuff Vt'teran
and Finally Crt Check.
i Jlldjre S Soil AllH)mri34 at Nebraska City
Colorado Feeder Finds
- Omaha Best Market
Four loads of good quality steers
fed on beet pulp were brought to the
Omaha livestock market yesterday
from Loveland. Colo., by J. P. Spen
cer. -The cattle averaged 1.250
pounds and were sold to a packing
house for $7 a hundred.
Mr. Spencer said the shipment was
bought on the range last fall at
$5.50 a hundred, including freight
paid to the Missouri river, and that
the cattle made an average gain of
220 pounds a head during, the 90
davs they were on feed.
- "There is a shortage of sheep
around Loveland," said Mr. Spen
cer, "but I think there are just as
many cattle on feed in that neigh
borhood as usual. Very few hogs
are raised in that section. A large
ti,imhpr nf rows have been raised and
the most of them have been bought
up by California packers.
"Most of our steers go to Omaha
as Denver is not as good a market
and I have found that there seems
to be less shrinkage shipping to the
Missouri river than to Denver. e
do not raise much corn and as all our
cattle are fed on beet pulp, there is
no advantage in having hogs feed
behind them."
Majority of Cardinals
Leave Rome for Homes
Rnme. Feb. 14. (Bv A. P.) The
conclave is ended, and the cardinals
have already commenced to leave
Rome. Hardly had the coronation
concluded when many of the mem
bers of the sacred college prepared to
depart for their homes. All ine
French cardinals departed yesicruay
while throughout the day tne
Italians were dispersing to their vari
ous dioceses throughout the kingdom.
The American cardinals are expect
ed to stay in Italy for two or three
weeks. The Spanish cardinals will
depart during the present week.
Six Carloads of Steers
Bought Here for Export
Six carloads of heavy steers, rang
ing from 1,350 to 1,500 pounds, were
bought on the Omaha market yester
day for shipment to New York where
they will be transferred for ship
ment to England.
The consignment was bought on
the local market at prices ranging
from $7.50 to $7.65 and is the fourth
lot of cattle bought this year for ex
port. Two shipments went to Bel
gium and one to Liverpool, all three
being composed of bulls.
Federal Agent Files Mann
Act Charge Against Daily
Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 14. (Special
TpWram Snecial Aeent H. W.
Hess of the Federal Department of
justice filed a complaint here today
against Clarence A. Daily, former
head of the Good Samaritan army,
rharcintr him with violating - tne
Mann act by transferring his daugh
ter from Nebraska to Iowa.
Botarians and Lions Dine
Scouts at Scotlsbluff
Scottsbluff, Feb. 13. (Special.)
Boy Scouts of the city were guests
of the Rotary and Lions clubs at
a banquet attended by 300. The
scout council is planning a perma
nent summer camp for scouts at
Laramie Peak, Wyo.
Holdrege Man Speak
in Geneva on Irrigation
Geneva, Neb., Feb. 14. (Speciat.)
G. W. McConaughcy of Holdrege
addressed the Community, club here
on irrigation of the South Platte
country.
Washington. Feb, 14. CStoci.il
Telegram.) "Uncle Mose" Kinkaid
is a stickler for looking after the in
tcrcsts of his coiihtitiicuts. and no
matter what the requet. may be, the
representative from the Uig Mxlli
personally ecs to it that a reply is
forthcoming and satisfaction regis
tered.
Some time ago Indue Kinkaid l)C'
came interested in the case of Mar
shall Pcndcrgroft of Scottsbluff, who
lost a leg in the service of Uncle
Sam on or about November, 1917.
Claim Was Lost
His claim for compensation was
duly filed with the bureau of war
risk insurance and then, through
some untoward circumstances, the
case became lost among the thou
sands on file, or else l'cndergroft's
postofficc address was lost.
In any event, Fenderjiroft failed to
hear of the compensation due him
until he wrote Judge Kinkaid a short
time ago. And, instead of "letting
George do it," "Uncle Mose" took
it upon himself to run down the
case, with the result that he was in
formed today that the bureau was
mailing a treasury warrant to Pen
dcrgroit for $2,456.53. representing
the balance due him up to January
31. 1922.
This compensation is based on an
allowance of $49 per month for the
loss of a leg.
"Has Large Family."
"Quite a tidy sum," said Judge
Kinkaid. "Uncle Sam was a little
slow, hut then you know he has a
large family to look after.
"Uncle Mose" will send his filing
fee in a few days as a candidate for
rcnomination to congress m the
Sixth district on the republican
ticket
Interest in Waterway
Is Urged by Governor
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special.)
Active, rather than passive interest
in the bt Lawrence waterway pro
ject was urged by Governor b. JK.
McKelvie upon his return from
meeting of the St. Lawrence Tide
water association at Chicago.
"Every organization interested in
getting a water outlet to the Atlanic
for grain should take every possible
step to urge upon our representatives
at Washington our desire to see this
project go through at the next ses
sion of congress, the goverrior said
"With co-operation from represen
tative groups- of the 18 states to be
benefited by the project, passage of
the bill providing for this improve
ment, which will mean bigger profits
tor the farmers, seems assured at the
next session of congress.
"You may rest assured that New
York and other .harbors on the At
lantic will be on hand to fight the
project and it behooves the middle
west to fight for it."
Thieves Boh Poultry Firm .
of 400 Pounds of Chickens
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 14. (Special.)
Thieves robbed the Independent
Poultry company warehouse, escap
ing with 400 pounds of live chickens.
16 pounds of butter, one duck and
one goose. They forced an entrance
into the office and then pried the
door that gave them access into the
storehouse. John F. Betkie, proprie
tor, estimates his loss at $130.
ADVERTISEMENT.
FORDS RUN 34 MILES
ON GALLON GASOLINE
Start Easy in Coldest Weather
Other Car Show Proportionate .
Saving.
A new carburetor which cuts
down gasoline consumption of any
motor and reduces gasoline ' bills
from one-third to one-half is the
proud achievement of the Air-Friction
Carburetor Co.. 1517 Madison
St., Dayton. Ohio. This remarkable
invention not only increases the
power of motors from 30 to 60 per
cent, but enables every one to run
slow on high gear. It also makes it
easy to start a Ford or any other
car in the coldest weather. You can
use the very cheapest grade of
gasoline or half gasoline and half
kerosene and still get more power
ana more mileage than you now get
rrom the highest test gesolme. All
Ford owners can get as high as 34
miles to a gallon of gasoline. So
sure are the manufacturers of the
immense saving their new car
buretor will make that they offer to
send it on 30 days' trial to every
car owner. As it can be put on or
taken off in a few minutes by .any
one all readers of this paper who
want to try it should send their
name, address and make of car to
the manufacturers at once. Thev
also want local agents, to whom
they offer exceptionally large
profits. Write them today.
51 Applying lo
Board of Pardons
Omaha Youth 1 PN'mh-d fur
hy Mother aii.l Hohrrt
DrueeiIoH Apt I Fin-jihaMml.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14 Opeclal
Tclruram.) live men ni'iving n
tence for t4tutory crime applied
(or ciiiiiiiuutun tod.iA In the state
board of pardon ami paroli. Ihrre
wrrc 51 who sonant freedom today,
Ieireriit.itive Knlutt Pniesedow
and i;ii?bith O'll.ire, mother of
Joseph I. O'llare of Omaha, plcadid
lor a ciMiimuMicaiion t an riunt-yrar
sentence the lad received fur an al
leged aault in which three other
youth figured. .
"'1 his bov i the onlv one who bus
paid the prnalty, the other three have
escaped one way or another,"
Orurocdow said, "and there is a iiur
tiou as to whether lie wan ns guilty
as other."
"He was only 17 at the time, said
hi mother, "and I have uprnt prac
tically every cent I had on lawyers.
Brother Were Convicted.
Verona l'hodi of Waterloo, la.,
wore to charges against W. S.
Sheldon of Omaha, and he is servitig
tt vcar.t. He began hi sentence in
II8. That same year, his brother.
Robert, was charged with a similar
ollrnse by the gill and he al-io was
convicted. Robert has been released
and the Khode girl has written sav
intr she wanted to have the other
brother released.
Lvlc L. llcitz of allev county ts
serving 10 years, and petition for hi
release signed by 350 citizens of the
county, has bfen received. !.. M
Ilardeiihrook, county attorney, ap
peared in person in his behalf.
Charles W. Todd. Albion, and
Ivan Culver. Cozad. arc among
others to ask commutations.
Judge's Son Asks Parole.
Frank Leon Sopher, who. officials
say, is tne sou ot a district judge
at Madison, S. D., has asked for a
parole. He is serving from 1 to 20
years for passing a "no funds check
in Umaha.
State Senator Louis Berka of
Omaha appeared in behalf ;.f John
Holenbeck, serving from 1 to ID
years for a scries of burglaries at
York. Holcnbcck's wife told the
board that several thousands of dol-
ars which she had m her name had
been paid to people in York claiming
they were victims ot j-ioicnuccKs
burglaries.
Mrs. Fenton Makes Plea.
Mrs. Fenton, wife of Warden W.
T. Fenton, formerly was a school
teachf-r at Falls City. One of her
pupils was Mattie McNichols, an
Omaha negress, serving 1 to iu years
or the murder of lunma lolk, De
gress, m umaha m iv.ii.
"I believe Mattie wouldn't do any
thing like that unless she had .been
persecuted," Mrs. Fenton said.
Rachel Long, Omaha negress, ap
peared to protest the parole. She is
a sister of the murdered woman.
A total of 51 applications were
heard. - .
Camhridge Community Cluh
Has Boxing Bouls at 'Mixer'
Cambridge, Neb. Feb. 14. (Spe
cial.) Last night the Cambridge
Community club ''mixer" was held
in the Odd Fellows hall, where
there were 150 men, consisting of
the business and professional men
of Cambridge, and, the farmers of
the trade territory of Cambridge.
There were a number of 'wrestling
matches and a number of two-round,
two-minute boxing bouts.
Get Full Citizenship
Nrbtii.k l ily, Nrb, Feb. 14. - J
i'iviai 11 inrtv -lour rcn.lriin ol
Oii county were touted luul na
tnr.tli;ition piper, berr in d"trict
court lv udte Jame l Itrglry.
It, Mottoliyil, irtfr known
Hen Novak, wa re(ued eitienhip
hct'ltue he i tanned cxiinpH,oit jn Ihe
di4ft iluitnij the wot Id war.
J. II. I , a native of lienn.inv,
ho ii'.iilf iipphtanoii and had sc.
cured hi first j Jpe i a few year Biio,
was refuej full rit ic tiship because
he had sworn fillmumc t Grnuany
more than a year ak" when he re
turned to that country ta assist iu
the settlement of an estate in which
he was interested. It was necessary
to renounce hi allrgiance to America
in order to get a ticrmaii passport
for bu entry into that country. He
remained there II Month before re
turning to Otoe county.
Progrfi'Mieit Plan Complete?
Tiikrt lit Si-utuhluff
ScottsbliilL Feb. 14 (Special.) -There
will be a pronrcive party
candidate for every 'county office at
the romiui; election, it wa an
nounced here follow itt the organ
isation meeting of the new party
at tiering. Or.i Randall wa circled
county chairman and A. M. IVtitc,
sicrelaiy-treasurer.
Andrews Waul Railway
Mail Clerkship Hestorcd
Washington. Feb. 14. (Special
Telegram.) Congressman Andrews
has requested the I'ostomcc depart
ment to restore the railway mail
clerkship on the McCook-l mperial
branch of the KurliiiKioii. The post
was discontinued during the war.
According to Mr. Andrews the towns
of lieverly, Hamlet, F.ndcrs, Imperial,
l'alisadc and Waimeta are inade
quately served under the pouch sys
tem and want the former service re
stored. Dakota County Citizens
Want New Tax Law in Force
Lincoln, Feb. 14. (Special.) Citi
zens df Dakota county have appealed
to the supreme court demanding that
assessments on intangibles for lf'Jl
be made under Senate File 65, which
provides that the intangible tax sh.'ib
bt 25 per cent of the tax on i-""':
blcs. The slate board of equaliza
tion has ruled that the new tax law
does not become effective until this
year.
Brakenum Suing
Road Testifies
in Case From Cot
IlrMiriV Man Arliiij: $."0,000
of Union IVifii Kailroad,
Claim IVnuaiifiit
Injuries.
Hcmice, .b. I VI. 14 -tMeri.l
TcUi;rant.)-r.ir!"-d from 'he
waist down and tliipptrd for M
Arlie Culver of this my l(eied tes
timony this ailriiiooii (tout a cot
pUted iu the courtroom near the
witness stand, in Ins fStt.Otm personal
tl.tnune suit again'! the I'mon !'
tide Railway company.
Culver claims lie wa permanent,
ly injured at Raymond. Neb., while
assisting in lilting a handcar from
a track while out on bis run a a
br.ikcnun for the coiuVany.
He is 2' and has a wife and two
small children. The trial of the cae
began today.
Frozen liuhy, Day Old, Is
Found in Alley tit Lincoln
Lincoln. Feb. 14. --(Special.) The
frorcn body of a dJy-old baby wa
lound wrapped in a newspaper in
an alley near the downtown district
yesterday morning, l'ollce working
on the case slate they have a clui
which may result in an arrest.
Anvr.Hrixr.Mt'.s r.
Like Clouds Across A Summer
Sky
foretelling the dreaded storm arc the
symptoms of women' diseases wdiich
point the way to physical and mental
breakdown. The nervous irritability,
the hai-kailc, the dragging pains, arc
not only hard to endure, but they
briujj certain knowledge of collapse
unless something is done to telieve
the sulfercr. 'J'here is one standard
remedy which has shown the way
out for nearly .fifty years. The
women who have "come back"
through the use of Lydia K. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound present
an nrgiimeut stronger than words
could ever be.
The First Synchrona
Recital in Omaha
n2
You are cor
dially invited
to a Synchrona
Recital, to be
held Thursday
evening,
Feb.
ran
III &b
Dont cougk
PIE violent paroxysms of coughing
soon eased by Dr. King's New
discovery, riiry years a standard
remedy for colds.' Children like it
No harmful drugs. All druggists, 60c.
Kind's
New Discovery
For Colds and Cou&ns
Make Bowels NormaL Nature's
way is the way of Dr. King's Pills
gently and firmly regulating the bowels,
eliminating the intestine clogging
16th, at 8:15 in
our recital hall
at our new
building,
Three stars
in the musical
world make up
the program.
They are:
Miss Florence Kinnaird Lyric soprano of Indianapolis,
who has a glorious voice, and is well known to music
lovers. She uses the Synchrona for her accompaniment.
Mr. Ramon B. Girvin Violinist, a well known member
of the American Conservatory of Music of Chicago. The
Synchrona is used for his accompanist.
Mr. Joseph Brinkman Pianist, also of the American
Conservatory of Chicago, who plays brilliantly and has
a remarkable technique. Mr- Brinkman, by comparison,
demonstrates how artistic the Synchrona reproduces
music.
The Synchrona is the latest Reproducing Piano, and is
one you will enjoy hearing. This recital is the first of a
series, and we want you to know and feel that they have
been arranged for Omaha music lovers and to introduce
to you what we think is the most wonderful reproducing
instrument in America.
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